The problem is misaligned incentives. You need to go after the "research trolls". Same as you would with patent trolls. Hit them where their money is. Pass a

The problem is misaligned incentives. You need to go after the "research trolls". Same as you would with patent trolls. Hit them where their money is. Pass a law that anyone anyone ultimately funding or profiting off research can be sued by the public for double damages x cost of the research if : - paper won't replicate - paper sponsors & costs are not disclosed. - paper does not include instructions to make data requests - researcher does not release data within 30 days of request. - paper publisher (whomever that could be, even faculty) failing to flag prominently within 30 days, any paper that has lost in court. So if a university employs 1 researcher at X salary, and time spent on research is Y, the university can be sued for Y * X * 2 by Joe Schmo. Maybe this would be small claims court. Same would apply to any research created by big AG, Pharma, etc. If researcher uploads paper in his own personal website and forgets to flag it as flawed, he now pays the price too. It would be necessary to cap disgorgement at 10x initial research cost. The point is to let the crowd hunt down garbage research, not bankrupt anyone for honest mistakes. I would also default to making the defense be rewarded by 2x incurred legal costs if they win case to ensure lawsuits have some merit. This would immunize students if they are not paid to make research (but not PHDs that live off stipends), or random people doing research, out of goodwill. Professionals would be very careful to publish garbage lest be fired from their jobs, and companies & researchers would think twice before pushing propaganda. No more research mills of BS.